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Hotweather fursuiting
Jul. 22nd, 2010 09:52 pmToday was the day. At least 27 kids were signed up, so I showed up ahead of the appointed time and cranked the air conditioning down in the meeting room where we were giving our story presentation: Story Hour with Winston the Book Wolf, featuring John Rocco's Wolf! Wolf!
When the thermometer got down to 62F I decided maybe it would be too cold for the kids and switched back to normal thermostat control. Too soon, I think. It seems to have warmed right back up. Anyway, I hid in a closet while Miss Janet present an introductory story about a farm that featured bored animals visiting the public library for something to do. Only the hen was able to make herself understood by proclaiming "Book! Book! Book!" at the desk, after which the librarian lent them all books to read.
The main event followed, with Rocco's marvelous Chinese style illustrations of a retelling of the Aesop story of the boy who cried wolf. In Rocco's version, the wolf is elderly and can't catch animals to eat so he decides to plant a garden. The garden is overrun with weeds though, so when he hears a boy crying "Wolf!" he goes to investigate. In the end he blackmails the shepherd boy into giving him a goat. His plans for "mu-shu goat" are ruined when he discovers that the goat will eat the weeds from his garden but she doesn't like vegetables and will leave those for him. This convinces him that the goat will make a better friend than she will a breakfast.
Click through the thumbnail for additional photos of the event. This year more of the kids were willing to come up and touch the wolf afterwards. In spite of the air conditioning, though, it was darned hot in that suit. I'm pleased with the way it looks, though, and it was fun putting it all together with Janet.
Home now with a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warnings to keep us entertained. One more major event dealt with. Now I can focus on meeting the county fair deadlines.
When the thermometer got down to 62F I decided maybe it would be too cold for the kids and switched back to normal thermostat control. Too soon, I think. It seems to have warmed right back up. Anyway, I hid in a closet while Miss Janet present an introductory story about a farm that featured bored animals visiting the public library for something to do. Only the hen was able to make herself understood by proclaiming "Book! Book! Book!" at the desk, after which the librarian lent them all books to read.
The main event followed, with Rocco's marvelous Chinese style illustrations of a retelling of the Aesop story of the boy who cried wolf. In Rocco's version, the wolf is elderly and can't catch animals to eat so he decides to plant a garden. The garden is overrun with weeds though, so when he hears a boy crying "Wolf!" he goes to investigate. In the end he blackmails the shepherd boy into giving him a goat. His plans for "mu-shu goat" are ruined when he discovers that the goat will eat the weeds from his garden but she doesn't like vegetables and will leave those for him. This convinces him that the goat will make a better friend than she will a breakfast.Click through the thumbnail for additional photos of the event. This year more of the kids were willing to come up and touch the wolf afterwards. In spite of the air conditioning, though, it was darned hot in that suit. I'm pleased with the way it looks, though, and it was fun putting it all together with Janet.
Home now with a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warnings to keep us entertained. One more major event dealt with. Now I can focus on meeting the county fair deadlines.
